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Chelsea and Spain striker Fernando Torres will join AC Milan on a permanent basis in January.
Torres, 30, moved to the San Siro on a two-year loan deal in Augustand will complete a permanent transfer to the Serie A club on 5 January.
He joined Chelsea from Liverpool for a then British record transfer fee of £50m in January 2011.
The former Liverpool striker helped win the Champions League, Europa League and FA Cup while at Chelsea.
In a statement, Chelsea thanked the 2010 World Cup winner for "his service during the past four seasons" and wished him "the very best for the future".
Biggest transfer fees paid by a British club |
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|---|---|---|---|
|
£59.7m |
Angel Di Maria |
Real Madrid to Man Utd |
2014 |
|
£50m |
Fernando Torres |
Liverpool to Chelsea |
2011 |
|
£42.4m |
Mesut Ozil |
Real Madrid to Arsenal |
2013 |
|
£38m |
Sergio Aguero |
Atletico Madrid to Man City |
2011 |
|
£37.1m |
Juan Mata |
Chelsea to Man Utd |
2014 |
|
£35m |
Andy Carroll |
Newcastle to Liverpool |
2011 |
|
£35m |
Alexis Sanchez |
Barcelona to Arsenal |
2014 |
Torres had been linked with a return to boyhood club Atletico Madrid after their president hinted at a deal earlier this month.
Earlier on Saturday, Atletico Madrid assistant coach German Burgos also said a deal was "on the verge of completion".
"He will be a very important reinforcement for the second half of the season," Diego Simeone's number two told Spanish media.
Torres left Atletico for Liverpool in 2007.
The stats
- Torres cost Liverpool a reported £20m when he signed in 2007 from Atletico Madrid and scored 65 goals in 102 league appearances.
- He was a member of Spain's 2010 World Cup-winning squad.
- Despite his record transfer fee, Torres scored just 20 goals for Chelsea in 110 league appearances.
Fernando Torres's career in goals |
|
|---|---|
|
Atletico Madrid (2001-07) |
214 league appearances, 84 goals |
|
Liverpool (2007-11) |
102 league appearances, 65 goals |
|
Chelsea (2011-14) |
110 league appearances, 20 goals |
|
AC Milan (2014-present) |
10 league appearances, 1 goal |
|
Club total |
436 league appearances, 170 goals |
|
Spain (2003-present) |
110 appearances, 37 goals |
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